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Heres all of our restored wheelhorses including a electro 12 raider 12 854 with sickle mower and my a-90 special that was extended 14''

Looks like Fall is harvest time for old horses. I really did not have room for this but i like the look of these GT14's and figured worst case, I could clean it up, get it running and resell it and the price was just more than I was able to pass up. I can sell the Kohler for more than I paid for tractor. If I decide to restore, its going to need a lot of the plastic stuff which seems to have suffered badly from the elements. Might even take a crack at getting it started before winter but likely I will focus on tearing down my C161 and repainting it. This thing felt much heavier than my C161. Wonder how these things are for working rather than just mowing? Love how stout the front end is and the way the hood works like a cars. tilting from the front backwards.......and the size of the rear tires..... Aldon

A picture of our 520-HC with 60'' deck

NO need to be scared of an Onan. These horrors need to be put to rest. Bottom line is these Onan's require PM to last the long hall. They where made to be serviced/rebuilt for commercial applications. Sure, you dont change oil, let the engine fins get clogged to S***, let them sit for years with bad gas , dont change filters....sure these are terrible engines I guess. Treated in that manner , any engine will be. These are filtered, pressure lubricated motors, and built to last. Within in 5 miles of my house I have counted 4 520H wheel horses that are their weekly mowing machines, yard tugs, and snow removal machines. Putting in reliable service year after year. I run no funny additives in my tank , just non ethenol fuel that I run in all my machinery. It starts every week, no surging to speak of. No smoke/ or knocks and is approaching 1100 hrs. No one seems to mind the infamous " Kohler Knock" or rods making windows in the block. Numerous posts in the engine sections of carbs blowing gas. Or missing and carrying on. Repair costs are about the same when you figure part for part with kohler. And dead on if not cheaper than the twin kohlers. Oh and the valves are adjustable on the Onan unlike the kohler kt17. I am not trying to sound rude or nasty, just stating how I see it. There is plenty of issues I see pop up with Onan, Tecumseh and Kohler. Some how Onan developed a reputation of the black sheep and Tecumseh for that matter. It reminds me of growing up and the reputation my brother paved for my last name...... lol Get a good running unit and take care of it and you may be surprized. I am not trying to force Onan on anyone. I like them all. My Raider 10 with the Tecumseh has been on my nerves lately though but I will get it all worked out. My opinion is you seem to have a sound running engine with some dirty carb issues. Easily fixed and then you can really enjoy that sound the Onan pumps out. You will be happy to pay for the extra gas and we are only talking a few bucks more a week really.

I was in the Municipal Parks and Recreation field since I was in high school. In one of my positions I ran a year round recreation department, among other things. When I left that job in the late 90's one of my coworkers gave me a t-shirt at my going away party that said Fun Engineer on the back. I thought it would be an interesting screen name and get people wondering. I use it for almost all my online forums.

The thermal expansion rates of aluminum and steel are fixed. 0.0000123 and 0.0000073 in/in/deg F resp. So it is easy to design the correct interference fit to keep the seat tight at a given max operating temp. So the problem is clear, the rear cyl temp gets above the design temp. and the seat gets loose. So the solution must be to keep the engine (front and rear cyl) within the design operating temp. Vent the belt guard, make sure the oil filter/tin seal is installed, and clean the cooling fins. BTW, I doubt if a steel seat could be cold pressed into a aluminum bore successfully. The bore would need to be machined with the correct interference with the seat. Then a temp differential created so the seat could be dropped in the bore.

I find this completely bizzare but my name is my train repair business. Even before tractors I have been repairing trains from all scales and vintage. But I specialize in LGB trains made in Germany. I find this most wierd that someone elses handle is based on the same thing. Small world I guess .... lol The Roundhouse RnR = The Roundhouse Repair n' Restoration. The Roundhouse is where the ole steam loco's would come for maint. and minor repair. Would be sent to the back shops for major overhaul. So there you have it!

Everything is at least in primer. Now we have to figure out how to mount the pieces then we can make those modifications then paint.

Here is my suggestion for the group... We all get to pick just 1 week where we turn in our picks, at half time. At least we would be able to all have at least 1 great week of the season!

Yeah whatever NO ONE STINKS AS BAD AS ME! I AM SO TIRED OF THIS CRAP IM GONNA TAKE UP PLAYIN CHECKERS!

Bad??? In my profession, that was a DISASTER! I have never, in work or picking games, had such a disasterous week.... If I were standing in a room, and a skunk walked in, he would smell better than I do! Rob

I had a Motor Home with an 7 KW Onan generator and it had 1500 hours on it when I sold it. It sat in an enclosed compartment. Of course that generator was designed to run at 1800 RPM. Gino, Harbor Freight has a 23 HP engine for $699.00. You could be the first to try one out. That would make you a pioneer.

I don't remember, I was really drunk at the time... Seriously, long-time Jefferson Airplane / Hot Tuna fan, first saw Tuna live in 1972, I was like 3 years old. Great thread, Geno, thanks for getting it started!

I did repairs on Lionel trains in the late 80s and early 90s before the electronics took over and made train repair impossible,"taycotrains" was the name of my side business. TAYlor COmpany TRAINS .....The name just stuck.

Picked up some wheel horse brochures! What do you guys think?

Finally finished the chicken plucker implement. Okay, it ain't purdy, but it's going to be put to use tomorrow. Will take video of it in action. It's a bit on the heavy side, but it attaches in two parts. The primary frame attaches to the tach-a-matic. The secondary frame slides from left to right into a receiver on the primary frame. The secondary belt is installed at this point, the secondary frame is then slid left to take up the slack in the belt. A hand knob on the bottom is tightened to secure the secondary frame and secondary belt. The primary belt is the tiller belt, repurposed, threaded from pto to the mule drive to the 10" pulley on the primary frame. The secondary belt further reduces the rpm 5:1. I designed the gear reduction to be approximately 12:1. For the C-125, that should result in variable speed of the feather plate between about 175 to 280 rpm. I put a photo tach to it and got a reading of about 100 rpm at idle. At WOT it was about 275 rpm. Low end was out of line. Either the engine is idling too slow or I've got some slippage. I'll have to check it more thoroughly as the numbers were jumping around quite a bit. I may not have had the best conditions for accurate measurement. Anyway... here it is! After I use it tomorrow, maybe I'll knock off some of that rust and give it a paint job. Or, maybe I'll just start the next project!

Had some excitement first thing this morning. A cogeneration unit caught fire at work. This is a 454 Chevy marine engine turning a generator that produces 75 KW. Don't know the cause yet but the nat gas line to the carb was burned off! Fire dept took out the switch gear in the room. All I could think of when I walked into the room was the Apollo 1 fire. Fiberglass enclosure melted smelled like a Corvette body shop. We have no idea what all we lost. Took all day to get cooling back on as the system is connected to a 700 ton absorption chiller. Fun times ahead!

Before you get to crazy with paint you should weld some bolts to the back and bolt through the deck boards on the trailer

It really depends on who the buyer is. I have never owned one nor would I want one unless it was REALLY nice. IMO due to parts being so hard to find and so many things can and do go wrong with them I would rather have another smaller horse. IMO it is kind of like owning an old car that needs to be repaired a lot. My buddy restored one and when it was done EVERYTHING worked on it as it should, even the dash lights. (see pic). I believe he sold it to a well know member here for around $2000 +/- a few bucks.

The pulley shaft is 3/4" dia on that mule drive. The sequence should be: Nut...shield...spacer...flat idler...spacer...V pulley. contact me at: daveoman@windstream.net (just clik that link)

My 1054 is my favorite tractor right now. good luck fixin her up! Mike..........

I only have 3 tractors,, so far. If I was limiting myself to 1 to do my lawn and yard chores "cart" and snow blowing the driveway. I would stick with a kohler,,,,,16hp size minimum. Bigger is more desireable. Since your going to use it all the time, no restoring or refreshing. I would pay the money for the cleanest, lowest hour unit I could find. Buy that and be done. Footnote for the onan crowd. One day, dont know when, you will see me drag a onan breathing 520 home with me. Allways wanted to try one, the onan scares me. Glenn

Nice ... needs a bath.

I am going with Home teams this week...except Michigan. PENN ST., PURDUE, RUTGERS, WISCONSIN, MICHIGAN ST., INDIANA, MINNESOTA, OHIO ST., NEBRASKA

OK...let's see who's first in line to dive head first into that thing.

I just put up this industrial quality 20 x 30 storage building for all my tractors and attachments. Horses look happy there. Cleat

Try running the engine wide open with the lights on. They should brighten up. The Briggs has an unregulated power supply for the lights. The faster it runs, the more voltage output.

At one point in my wheel horse life I thought teckys were useless in till I got my lawn ranger now I don't mind them its a new challenge for me it don't take much to get a Kohler to run good because there awesome but once you get a Tecumseh running good you feel like you accomplished something

Well I must admit that I have dropped the ball on updates. For our loyal followers, we are still plugging away and making progress. The end is in sight!!!!! We managed to meet the entire summer and only took a couple weeks off. We didn't miss a beat once school began again in the middle of August. Things have been very hectic on my end and I apologize for not sharing the updates that many of you look forward to on a weekly basis. I will try and pick up the slack! We have been lucky enough to show off our projects in two parades, received many compliments, and a group of kids that don't understand the word "quit" Thank you to everyone that has supported us......who would have ever thought things would have turned out the way they have. We are truly blessed! Here is one picture I snapped tonight. The past two days the tractors have been on display in the front entry way of the school so the entire student body can admire the craftsmanship of the kids. We will be rolling them back in to the club barn tomorrow to work on getting these closer to completion. I will try and get some other pictures posted soon! Here you go...........

I drive Chevys....since 1936.....you can see me on every grill (bowtie).....except my only Chevy powered 38 2-door humpback Ford streetrod! Old Henry would have loved me!!

Well am a Journeyman lineman and I am old and retired workes out to oldlineman

Mine is very very simple; my wife and I first learned the web together, so my first screen was just both our first names together, ( GlenJeri ), but then everyone started calling me Jeri or Mr. Jeri, so now I just use just my real name; GlenPettit ps: it's very interesting to google & search your own real name and then check out some the other people with the same name.

After stuffing my brain with data for 70+ years, there was not much storage space remaining , therefore I knew I needed to select 1 user name that I would be able to remember for all the twenty plus accounts. So Ed Kennell chose ekennell and so far I have been lucky enough to remember it.

Brian

My brother used to call me Bert back when we were kids, was about the same time that I bought my first wheel horse.

Oh man! The gauntlet has been thrown!!

My first name and my first Wheel Horse - Lane and Ranger from Lawn Ranger!

Which one?

I wanted a name that Steve would have trouble pronouncing.

From the age of 20 up till I was 44 I was an electrician and on the bigger construction jobs where no one knows your name you get called Sparky. Mike............

C-101plowerpower, because i have a C-101, and a plow, and it has great power, so, there you go Koen

shynon "shine on you crazy diamond" My other addiction is Pink Floyd Tom

rmaynard - Robert Maynard. Not much thinking went into it.

All- More masonry woes..... Contractor was suppose to be here yesterday morning to start the job and NO SHOW ! I hope he shows up today. Either way I will not be ready to have the work meet this Sunday. I will keep you posted on progress.. Man I have to say the grouping of masons I had in to bid this are just so unreliable.... I guess they just don't need the money that bad.

Okay, let's give this a try. I will try to pick up the ball and get something going here. This is the best picture that I have. I have numbered everyone that has their face showing. Please help by letting me know who belongs to what number. I will start out with those I know. Click to enlarge the picture. 1. Vinylguy, (Terry); 1a. Nylyon (Karl); 2a. Buzz; 3a. Wheel Horse Story (Mike Martino); 2. Karl Lyon's son; 3. Karl Lyon's daughter; 4. BPJunk, (Wild Bill); 5. rmaynard, (Bob Maynard); 6. Jake Kuhn; 7. 51chevy (Chris Ulmer); 8. Jake's dad (Doug Kuhn); 9. Taycotrains; 10. ??; 11. Aldon; 11A. Hidden - OCTFST (Derek) is hidden behind #11.; 12. Big-Game (Ron Greco); 13. Squonk, (Mike Chase); 14. kthack657 (Karen); 15. Jimt1971 (Jim); 16. Butch; 17. ??; 18. bobert94; 19. jay in nc (Jay); 20. Neil; 21. Wheel-n-it (Van); 22. Travlindave (Dave Ralph); 23. AMC RULES (Craig); 24. cruisnblue48 (Dave Trump); 25. Suburban550 (Ray); 26. ??; 27. Docwheelhorse (Tony); 28. ??; 29. Twin54 (Mark); 30. Sparky (Mike Nelson); 31. Stratostar250 (Tom); 32. ??; 33. 55rj35jr (Mike Wall); 34. ??; 35. 857 Horse (Howard); 36. MJ (Mary Jane Davis); 37. Horsefixer (Bob "Duke" Davis); 38. Funengineer (Dave Burley); 39. Darren's son Bobby; 40. Darrenw85 (Darren); 41. Varosd (Don Varos); 42. Wallfish (John); 43. Zeek; 44. Lane Ranger - (Lane Ralph); 45. Ken B's son Cole; 46. rwilson (Rich); 47. ??; 48. woodchuckfarmer (Wayne); 49. clintonnut (Charlie); 50. Stevebo (Steve); 51. racinfool40 (Mike); 52. Larry Dexter; 53. buckrancher (Brian); 54. rj35hunter (Clay Brooks); 55. Scott's son Zach; 56. whfan74 (Scott); 57. Stevasaurus (Steve); 58. Tiffany Brooks These guys got there on time, but were left out of the group shot. I promised them i would get them in somehow.